Ramen Salad

Ingredients:
Salad:
1 head cabbage (or 1/2 cabbage, 1/2 lettuce)
8 green onions, chopped
3 chicken breasts, cooked and diced
sesame seeds
slivered almonds
Ramen noodle package (chicken flavor)

Dressing:
4 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt and pepper
1/2 cup oil
6 tablespoons rice vinegar
Ramen flavor packet

Directions:
While chopping cabbage, green onions, and chicken, brown the sesame seeds and almonds in the oven on broil. Watch them carefully so they don't burn! Combine cabbage, onions, chicken, sesame seeds, and almonds in a large bowl. Break dry Ramen noodles into small pieces and spread over salad. Stirring vigorously, combine ingredients for the dressing; drissle over the salad. Serve or refrigerate.

Source:
Shari Lindsay

Mom's Taco Salad

Ingredients:
rice (I use brown)
1 lb. ground beef
1 package taco seasoning mix
1 can black or kidney beans, heated
1 can corn, heated
shredded lettuce
grated cheese
salsa or pico de gallo
tortilla chips, slightly crushed
fresh tomatoes (optional)
olives (optional)

Directions:
Start the rice in rice cooker. Brown ground beef and add seasoning mix, following directions on envelope. Cut, grate, heat, and prepare all remaining ingredients. Pile on according to your liking for a delicious salad.

Notes:
I prefer to make my homemade pico de gallo recipe, so I don't do fresh tomatoes. Also, it's really good with the creamy tomatillo dressing from Cafe Rio. I often just pick that up to spice up my dinner.

Source:
Shari Lindsay